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The number of fundamentalists swearing allegiance to the Salafi group in Germany is on rise and Gulf countries have been accused of increasing their support to the terror cell.

German media claimed Berlin’s Federal Intelligence Service (BND) and the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) have accused Saudi Arabia and Kuwait of funding religious groups and conversion groups, as well as financing the building of mosques and backing hardline imams.

According to a report drafted by the agencies, missionary groups including the Sheikh Eid Bin Mohammad al-Thani Charitable Association and the Saudi Muslim World League are involved in a “long-running strategy to exert influence” by Gulf nations.

In addition to this, the Kuwaiti Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS), an NGO banned by the US and Russia for alleged links to terrorist group Al-Qaeda, has also been blamed for the rising support for fundamentalist Salafi groups in Germany.

Saudi ambassador Awwas Alawwad also rejected the claims, saying his country has “no connection with German Salafism”.

The news comes after religious group Die Wahre Religion were banned in Berlin following raids of their offices in cities across Germany.

Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said: “The translations of the Quran are being distributed along with messages of hatred and unconstitutional ideologies…Teenagers are being radicalised with conspiracy theories.

“We don’t want terrorism in Germany… and we don’t want to export terrorism.”

Salafism is an ultra-conservative movement within Sunni Islam which aspires to emulate the ways of the Prophet Mohammed.

Typically dressed in traditional white robes with long beards and flowing head scarves, followers of the 100-year-old school of thought see Salafi Islam as the purest form of the religion.

Although Salafism embraces Sharia law and the idea of a unified Islamic state, the spectrum of of beliefs within the movement is vast, encompassing both non-violent religious devotion and Salafi Jihadism.

Salafi jihadis represent only around one per cent of the global Muslim population but their destructive influence is well-known – the movement were responsible for the 9/11 attacks in New York in 2001, which killed more than 3,000 people.

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